“Co-Productions (Un)Wanted: 1950s East/West German Film Collaborations and the impact of Sovietisation on DEFA’s Prestige Agenda.” Sovietisation and Planning in the Film Industries of Soviet Bloc Countries: A Comparative Perspective on East Germany and Czechoslovakia 1945-1960. Eds. Pavel Skopal and Lars Karl. New York, Oxford: Berghahn. (forthcoming in 2014)

Dr. Ivanova is currently revising her dissertation, DEFA and Eastern European Cinemas: Co-Productions, Transnational Exchange, and Artistic Collaborations, for publication. This book focuses on the exchange of the East German film studio DEFA (Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, 1949-1989) with West and East European partners. It revisits patterns of institutional and transnational collaboration during the Cold War in order to challenge the predominant cliché of the isolation of East European film industries. The discussion is structured around three categories that define the interplay between the East German studio’s co-production agenda and state-imposed film policy: cultural prestige, popular entertainment, and international solidarity.